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Ambient Desktop Goes Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the pretty-pictures dept.

mlankton writes "The only thing that looked neat about MorphOS is now free. The Ambient desktop has been open sourced, with source code here. It would be cool if someone ported this to Darwin so Apple users could play with it. I always thought MorphOS looked great, just no apps."

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  1. Vewy pretty by m50d · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the screenshots on the site, it does look really nice. I doubt it will immediately replace KDE and GNOME, but if enough of a developer community springs up around it, it has the potential to do so.

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  2. Re:PC competition for the Mini-MAC? by Gherald · · Score: 2, Funny
    When MAC announced their "Mini", it caught my eye. Wanting to buy/build a small computer for my already cramped breakfast bar, I started pricing out similar hardware. The results startled me. Most of the configurations I found were more than the humble US$499 of the "Mini", often much more. To match price I had to configure with a much bigger shuttle-style case.

    My question is this. What PCs are currently on the market to compete with this? When my wife asks for the "cute little MAC", what real computer can I buy instead?
    And what an interesting question that is!

    But lucky for you

    this very question

    has been discussed before!

    Quite a happy coincidence, wouldn't you say?
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  3. hmmm by XO · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why won't he use the acronym form of the Ambient's Sound System? Hmm...

    Jerkoff.

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